RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Oct 25,  E Z Peaces <c...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Here's one that keeps me awake at
night: why do they put mirrors on elevator
ceilings?

 >

Security.

Security can mean safety or measures against criminal activity.

=A0From the hall, an elevator could appear empty, but a criminal
could be in the corner by the door. =A0A mirror could let a
prospective passenger or a passing cop see him.

um, a mirror on the ceiling, interior to the elevator?
What laws of optics operate in your country?

This is cross posted to rec.puzzles.  Can't you solve it? :)



A convex security mirror attached to the ceiling would fit his description.

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